Some dubious portals have published an article titled ""Putin's Wolves" plan a visit to Kosovo, we want Albanian blood instead of raki."
From the fact-checking carried out by hibrid.info, it results that this article contains a tendentious title that does not match the content of the text, while the news is old, having been published in March 2018.
Members of the Russian motorcycle club "Night Wolves", loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, had announced at the time that they wanted to visit Kosovo during their Balkan tour. However, they did not say that they wanted Albanian blood instead of rakia, as falsely claimed in the title.
Links to the article published on dubious portals such as "specialja.com" and "kosalb.net":
This group was blacklisted by Western countries due to their support for Putin's invasion policies in Ukraine.
They had completed a tour of Serbia and the Serbian Republic in Bosnia, claiming to promote common Slavic Russian-Serbian roots. Meanwhile, dubious Albanian-language portals have tried to present this old article as current by giving it a tendentious title in order to materially benefit from clicks.
Below you can find the article published in March 2018 by several portals in Kosovo.
https://www.koha.net/arberi/83604/ujqit-e-putinit-planifikojne-ta-vizitojne-kosoven/
https://indeksonline.net/ujqerit-e-natesplanifikojne-ta-vizitojne-kosoven/
Analyze:
The dubious portals "specialja.com" and "kosalb.net" have published an old article to which they have given a tendentious title, trying to present it as current.
With this deliberate action, these dubious portals can misinform readers, making them think that this event is current, while attempting to materially benefit from the clicks collected.
After fact-checking analysis, hibrid.info has assessed this article as "misinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.